"Rhode-Island and Connecticut", Morse, Jedidiah (Rev.)

This early map of Rhode Island and Connecticut was published in Morse’s The American Universal Geography. The map depicts counties, townships, rivers and numerous small lakes and ponds. In the west the Oblong is shown, which was a 2 by 50 mile stretch of land given to New York in return for Connecticut’s boundary extending westward along Long Island Sound. Drawn by Harding Harris and engraved by Samuel Hill.

References: McCorkle (18th C. Geography Books) #304-6; Wheat & Brun #287.

Condition: B+

Issued folding, now flattened with archival repairs to a few small chips and tears along the edges of the sheet, with several of the repaired tears entering less than 1/2" into the image.